1716 – Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
1850 – Adolphus Frederick, British prince and field marshal, 1st Duke of Cambridge, 7th son of George III, dies at 76
1949 – Antun Sa’ada [Antoun Saadeh], Syrian politician (Syrian Social Nationalist Party), executed by firing squad in Lebanon at 45
1949 – Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
1950 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist and sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1962 – Georges Bataille, French writer known for ” Story of the Eye” and philosopher, dies at 64
1994 – Christian-Jaque [Christian Maudet], French film director (Fearless Little Soldier, Race for Life, The Pearls of the Crown), dies at 89
2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator (one of Disney’s Nine Old Men), dies at 88
2012 – Ernest Borgnine [Ermes Borgnino], American Academy Award-winning actor (Marty; From Here To Eternity; ; McHale’s Navy; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from renal failure at 95
2015 – Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter (“Runaround Sue”; “The Wanderer”), dies at 76